NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee said the BJP-led Central government would be “removed from power” in the future, days after her party, TMC, suffered a major defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections.During a meeting with party MLAs in Kalighat, the former West Bengal CM said, “BJP will be removed from power in Delhi in the…
NEW DELHI: “Building the nation, not just highways” — the tagline for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) — was coined by then road transport and highways minister Major General (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri, who led the transformative highway development programmes of the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) and the North-South and East-West Corridors during the…
NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies Tuesday hiked petrol and diesel prices by nearly 90 paise per litre, effecting a second revision in less than a week, as their losses mount due to a surge in global crude oil rates, reports Atul Mathur. Petrol now costs Rs 98.64 per litre in Delhi, while diesel is priced…
NEW DELHI: Holding that constitutional balance must tilt in favour of human life if it clashes with welfare of animals, Supreme Court Tuesday strongly reaffirmed its Nov 2025 order to remove stray dogs from public institutions and spaces – hospitals, schools, colleges, playgrounds – noting that dog bite cases have assumed an “alarming proportion”. It…
India and Vietnam on Tuesday stressed the importance of maintaining peace, stability and freedom of navigation in the Indo-Pacific region and resolved to work closely in line with their “enhanced comprehensive strategic partnership”.As part of his visit to Hanoi, defence minister Rajnath Singh met his Vietnamese counterpart General Phan Van Giang. “Both the ministers reviewed…
Space collaboration got a big boost during PM Modi’s visit to Europe. Sweden has formally joined India’s orbiter mission to the Venus planet by signing an agreement to collaborate on the interplanetary mission. And the Norwegian Space Agency has signed an MoU with Isro to give a new dimension to space cooperation between the two…
LUCKNOW: Banda in Uttar Pradesh baked at a blistering 48.2 Celsius Tuesday, turning roads gummy, metal searing hot and afternoon air into a blast furnace. Bundelkhand’s parched district has emerged as Asia’s hottest location four times in a month and topped global heat charts twice, a grim badge for a place meteorologists and geologists described…
NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand hit a record 260.5 GW on Tuesday, surpassing the previous high of 257.4 GW recorded a day earlier, as soaring temperatures, heatwave conditions and increased AC usage pushed up consumption. Power ministry officials said the peak demand was recorded at 3.40pm and met without shortages, with total generation at…
DHAR: The first rays of the Tuesday morning sun had barely touched Dhar when the sound of conches began rending the air. Devotees were already streaming in, many draped in saffron and yellow, filling corridors that have relatively stood in quiet, contested silence for decades. The Bhojshala complex, with its intricately carved pillars still bearing…
